… that my new iPhone4 couldn’t get any sexier, I found this very cool ruby red matte iCoat. I never got around to buying a protective cover for the original Pippin, but the iPhone4 has a strange glass back on it that apparently gets scratched up like crazy, so when I saw this very pretty cover – and tried it on at the store – I knew it was for me. It actually makes the phone feel nicer to hold, more secure. And I really do love the red. It also came with a “free screen protector” which drove me nuts trying to get it on without any air bubbles or tiny bits of lint and cat hair getting stuck under it. Needless to say I didn’t succeed and finally ripped it off in frustration after a couple of days. In any case, after more than two years the old Pippin didn’t have a scratch on his screen, but the back casing was a bit scuffed up, so doubt I actually need a screen protector. Wish my photo could show the deep rich glow of the red – even the pics on the website don’t do it justice.
So now Pippin is not only protected but also looks way sexier. Win-win. And yes, I do happen to have a life, but it somehow includes being enormously pleased about little things like this.
I actually quite like the red version of this style too!
casa azahar 
And it will also not lose its signal when you inadvertently touch the antenna…
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You know, I’ve read so much about that but don’t actually know anyone with an iPhone4 who’s experienced that problem. I certainly haven’t in the past two weeks. I also read somewhere recently that that whole antenna “issue” was blown way out of proportion by the media. Anyhoodle, doesn’t matter now that I have my sexy ruby red iCoat.
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Well I must admit my Blackberry ended up getting a “skin” which is much nicer that the “holster” it comes with.
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You might find this of use, as well… 3M Natural View Screen Protectors (they also have a “privacy film”).
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/SDP_NaturalView/screenprotector/
There’s also a “universal” one which you can trim to fit.
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It’s not that I wouldn’t have found the screen protector that came with my iCoat useful, but I COULDN’T GET THE FUCKER ON without tiny air bubbles and random bits of fluff getting stuck between the protector and the screen. Which of course drove me mental.
I think I’m good now, especially as the iCoat creates a small ridge around the screen so that, should I ever accidently put the phone “screen down” somewhere it won’t actually touch the surface.
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I have one of those for my iPod Touch, but in a marine/cobalt blue. And it is protective — I once dropped my iPod off my lap getting out of a car, and it landed face down on the asphalt paving in front of my house. Not a scratch, after falling about two feet. It will also keep Pippin from slipping out of a coat pocket unnoticed, which *hasn’t* happened to me since I got the cover.
Your red is so much prettier than my blue one, and very “az”! (pouts)
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Ha, when I showed it to my friend Agustín last night he also said “that’s *your* colour”.
It’s a real jewel-tone ruby red. Love it.
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I like these, too…
http://www.ozaki.us/en/2011/ic898_icoatsuccess/
http://www.ozaki.us/en/2011/ic855_icoatwardrobe/
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They do have a lot of cute styles. I also like the glittery ones and the clear ones.
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WTF? How come certain colors are “for her” and certain colors “for him”?
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Cool!
My iPhone has the opposite problem, the back doesn’t get scuffed but the screen gets scratched, so I HAVE to have the protective film. But yes, they can be a bugger to get on without air bubbles – I’ve found the only way to do it is by rolling it down millimetre by millimetre.
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Aack, I almost had a nervous breakdown trying to get the damn thing on, and then there were two eensy but annoying air bubbles still in the centre of the screen. Drove me nuts.
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If I buy an Icoat will it attract an Iphone to me?
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You can but try…
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